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l'ay of engineers and firemen ...
2,586.00
2,557.00
29.00
Extra pay of firemen ....
943.75
1
715.55
228.20
General expenses
900.00
424.33
1,373.33
Hydrant service
6,850.00
6,850.00
New hose .
600.00
578.70
21.30
Injury to fire horse
200.00
200.00
Fire Alarm
Maintenance
Repairs, renewals and extensions ....
Box, Middle and Liberty Streets ... ·
631.98
108.96
740.94
Weights and Measures.
200.00
200.00
Other expenses
75.00
78.26
Fees
Forestry.
Gypsy and brown tail moth suppression
2,400.00
35.75
$1,373.70
.36
3,809.81
*Care of trees
500.00
Moth Tax
19.50
519.50
Forest fires
400.00
10.70
189.27
599.97
Board of Health.
Salaries . .
300.00
300.00
Other expenses
100.00
26.00
Printing
100.00
71.75
Contagious diseases
250.00
98.00
534.85
882.85
Fumigation
175.00
48.86
223.86
Inspection of animals
100.00
100.00
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Sealer,
194.97
73.29
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15.00
Licenses
120.05
5.95 28.25
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49.00
Inspection of meat and provisions ...
300.00
223.75 | Fees
223.75
Inspection of milk ..
100.00
Inspection of plumbing . .
300.00
112.30
300.00 100.00 412.30
2.61
102.61
Clean-up week
100.00
52.50
47.50
Vital statistics
50.00
3.50
53.50
Highways and Bridges.
Highway Surveyors' salaries ... ..
487.50
487.50
Clerical help and other expenses
175.00
172.29
2.71
General repairs
17,500.00
550.30
1,694.54
C". Ry. Tax St. Ry. Exc. Tax Abb'trs' Tax 1,428.40 819.29
25,027.40
$176.87
Snow
4,000.00
5.00
4,824.29
Street lights
6,282.00
6,282.00
*Park Avenue
300.00
292.50
7.50
Hobart Street sidewalk
200.00
141.25
58.75 5,000.00
Charities.
Overseers of the poor, salaries
487.50
487.50
Clerical help and other expenses
225.00
197.71
27.29
Braintree Home, maintenance
2,000.00
1,090.27
2,164.80
5,255.07
Outside relief
4,000.00
855.01
3,786.59
1,068.42
1,135.84
2,489.57
146.27
State aid and soldiers' burials
2,500.00
6.00
2,411.00
95.00
Military aid
240.00
100.00
140.00
Soldiers' relief
800.00
52.00
852.00
Education.
General accounts
57,150.00
992.70
School Fund Dog Tax
59,230.63
187.29
350.00
925.22
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State highway
5,000.00
2,581.11
1,449.92
Care of dumps ...
100.00
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Support under Chapter 763, Acts 1913 Soldiers' Benefits.
1,500.00
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APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES FOR 1916 (Continued)
Appropriations
Credits
Miscellaneous
Overdrafts
Payments by Orders
Unexpended Balances
No Order Drawn
To prevent fires
500.00
6.24
506.24
Repairs Penniman School
750.00
742.87
7.13
Repairs Pond School
300.00
276.50
23.50
Repairs Abraham Lincoln School
200.00
199.00
1.00
Adjustable seats
1,368.00
25.60
1,393.60
Plans Abraham Lincoln School . .
325.00
.20
325.20
Land Jonas Perkins School
500.00
500.00
Library.
General expenses
1,400.00
1,400.00
Distribution of books
150.00
150.00
Janitor
250.00
250.00
Recreation.
Parks and Playgrounds
500.00
187.96
625.13
62.83
Unclassified.
Miscellaneous .
2,000.00
787.45
2,138.93
648.52
Memorial Day
200.00
200.00
Compensation Law
450.00
57.08
507.08
Overlay Accounts.
Bal.Jan.1,1916.
Taxes of 1914
2,268.87
2,268.87
Taxes of 1915
Overlayings 2,303.93
959.64
1,344.29
Taxes of 1916
3,628.32
1,241.02
2,387.30
Damages on account of relocation of Washington Street
2,142.50
2,142.50
Damages on account of relocation of Washington and Hancock Streets Electric Light Department.
Lighting Board, salaries .
300.00 3,846.87
Depreciation fund Line extensions .. Street lights, West Street
1,345.13
131.00
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6,463.00
6,463.00
300.00 3,846.87 1,345.13 131.00
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Water Department.
Main ext., Union St. and Hillside Road Main extension
7,000.00 3,500.00
Cemetery.
Plain Street
200.00
27.00
211.50
15.50
Interest Funded Debt.
General
710.00
710.00
Playground
110.00
110.00
Schools
2,215.00
Town Hall
1,580.00
Electric light
660.00
Water
10,960.00
10,960.00
2,000.00
171.44
1,828.56
General
2,250.00
2,250.00
Playgrounds
500.00
500.00
Schools
. 5,500.00
5,500.00
Town Hall
3,000.00
3,000.00
* Water
5,000.00
5,000.00
Sinking Funds.
430.00
430.00
Water
2,120.00
2,120.00
$195,268.73
9,158.53
15,300.39
14,643.37
$180.953.80
12,873.79
40,543.43
Appropriations
$195,268.73
Credits
9.158.53
Payments
$180,953.80
Special Taxes and Overlay Tax
15,300.39
T'nexpended balances ' 12,873.79
Overdrafts
14,643.37
Where no orders were drawn
40,543.43
$234,371.02
$234.371.02
C. F. TARBOX 7 F. W. COUILLARD \ Auditors for 1916. PAUL MONAGHAN
* Note for $1500.00 paid from revenue of Water Department.
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2,215.00 1,580.00 660.00
On loans in anticipation of revenue Municipal Indebtedness.
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Electric light
7,000.00 3,500.00
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REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Hon. Board of Selectmen, Town of Braintree, Mass.
Gentlemen :- In compliance with your request, I submit. the following report of the Department of Sealer of Weights and Measures for the year ending December 15, 1916.
I have tried most earnestly during the year just past to perform the duties of the office in an impartial and fair manner, and therefore be just to all parties concerned. I have found our merchants most courteous and willing to comply with the laws in relation to the sealing of weights. and measures.
On March 14, 1912, Section 21 of Chapter 246 of the Revised Laws of Massachusetts was enacted, which reads as follows :
"All fruits, vegetables and nuts, except as hereinafter otherwise provided, shall be sold at retail by dry. measure weight, or by numerical count, and all fruits and vege- tables for which a legal weight has been established, shall be sold at retail only by weight or numerical count. Who- ever violates any provision of this section shall forfeit a sum not exceeding ten dollars for each offence."
Just one word on transportation and miscellaneous ex- penses. The equipment used in sealing consists of 10-50 1b. weights; one nest of weights, 5 1b., 10 1b., 15 1b., 20 1b., and one nest from 1 to 4 lbs. ; one set of portable balances; one set of liquid measures from 5 gals. down; and all tools per- taining to sealing, which have to be conveyed from place to place.
I have also at certain times in my tour of inspections obtained the services of someone to purchase commodities of foodstuffs to ascertain if the correct weight was being served to the public. As we all know. the high cost of liv- ing should make us realize the importance of watching out for slight deficiencies in weight, and that one ounce short of weight in each pound of butter would make quite a differ- ence in one hundred pounds to the purchasing public.
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Just a word on the coal question to the people in mod- erate circumstances. "Stop buying coal by the bag." If you cannot buy one ton, buy one-half or one-quarter of a ton. By so doing you save four dollars and forty cents on every ton at the price of ten dollars per ton.
I would recommend, after hearing numerous complaints in regard to the men collecting junk in the Town of Brain- tree under the license fee of five dollars each per year, be eliminated, as there is at present no citizen of Braintree a collector of junk.
I therefore recommend, that as there are now between forty to fifty junk collectors, that the licenses be granted to five collectors of junk; that they be responsible persons, and that the license fee be increased; and the revenue de- rived from such license fees be credited to the Weights and Measures Department. Braintree has more collectors of junk under license than the city of Quincy or the town of Weymouth, and I know that the revenue now received from licenses would be increased by the above recommendation to and for the betterment of the town of Braintree.
After numerous complaints in regard to the specific gravity of gasoline, the office equipped itself with an instru- ment for ascertaining the gravity of gasoline, and after in- specting the dispensers of gasoline in my district, I find the percentage from 58 to 62 specific gravity. I would advise all consumers of gasoline to buy direct from the pump, and not out of cans, as it is easier to mix kerosene and gasoline in a five-gallon can than a five-hundred-gallon capacity sys- tem. You take four gallons of gasoline and add one gallon of kerosene, the gravity will be about 54 per cent. I there- fore recommend all users of gasoline to buy through the pump and drain the pipe-line.
Inside or Office Work. No Fee Charged.
Surveyors' tapes 3
Scales tested and found correct 137
Scales tested and condemned 12
Scales tested and adjusted 41
162
Weights tested and found correct
96
Weights tested and condemned 8
24
Weights tested and adjusted Liquid measures condemned
4
325
Outside Work.
Scales tested and found correct 210
Scales tested and condemned 9
Scales tested and adjusted
21
Weights tested and found correct
396
Weights tested and condemned
14
Weights tested and adjusted
41
Liquid measures tested and found correct
191
Liquid measures tested and condemned
'16
Linear measures tested and found correct
15
Linear measures tested and condemned
4
Measuring pumps found correct
22
Leather measuring machine not sealed
1
940
Slot weighing machines sealed
8
Slot weighing machines condemned
1
Amt. received and paid to the Treasurer in fees
$78.26
Number of Inspections Made from April 1 to Dec. 1, 1916.
Coal reweighing while in transit 63
Coal reweighing in bags of less than 100 lbs. 210
Inspection in stores, after scales tested 462
Inspection of scales used by peddlers 141
Inspection of scales used by icemen 65
Inspection of jars on milk wagons 140
Inspection of junk dealers' scales
65
Inspection of coal teams for certificates
58
Inspection of milk jars, Mass. seal
19.500
20.704
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Expenditures for the Year, to December 31, 1916.
J. H. Davis & Company
$1.65
J. H. Davis & Company
3.85
Electric Express
.25
Emerson & Company
3.67
Insurance
11.25
Hobbs & Warren
1.87
Transportation from Apr. 1, 1915, to Jan. 1, 1917
58.63
Lloyd & Company
1.75
Stetson & Company
1.40
Pratt & Pratt
1
6.00
Prescott Publishing Company
5.25
Whitall-Tatam Company
2.92
Transportation from Jan. 1, 1916, to Jan. 1, 1917
66.47
$164.96
Return for licenses for year 1915
30.00
$194.96
Licenses of peddlers
$115.00
Appropriated .
75.00
Balance returned to Treasurer
73.29
On my tour of inspections I purchased products of all descriptions to ascertain 'if correct weight was being given to the purchasing public, to the amount of $89.75.
Coal Reweighing.
During the past year I have reweighed 49 loads of coal in transit, and found 12 heavy or overweighed and 4 under or short weighed, varying from five to ten pounds, and 33 correct weight.
Coal in Bags-Less Than 100 Pounds.
I have made 210 inspections and found that the dealers who put up coal in this manner are very careful as to the weight. As to the quality of the coal, I have no jurisdic- tion.
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I am including in this report receipts and expenditures of the Department for the year just past, and various tables of work done.
I wish to thank all with whom I have been associated this past year, and feel very sure that our future relations could be even more pleasant; all these things, of course, help greatly towards the best possible results.
Revenue received from peddlers and hawkers for licenses, $115.00.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES S. HANNAFORD, Sealer of Weights and Measures.
'Office, Town Hall, Mondays, 2 to 4 p.m.
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FIRE DEPARTMENT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen,
Gentlemen :- The Board of Engineers herewith submit the annual report of the Fire Department for the year end- ing December 31, 1916. F. A. Tenney, J. S. Hill, F. A. Whitmarsh, .G. H. Holbrook, H. M. Storm, B. H. Woodsum were appointed engineers for the year 1916. The Board met and organized as follows:
F. A. Tenney, Chief; J. S. Hill, Clerk.
There have been 63 alarms; 19 were for buildings, 39 woods and grass, 3 automobiles, 6 false alarms, 1 dump, 2 rubbish, and 2 bridge fires; 1 man drowned. There were two fires reported where Department was not called.
Valuation of buildings $65,300.00
Loss on buildings 8,112.25
Insurance on buildings 55,500.00
Valuation of contents 29,500.00
Loss on contents 3,817.45
Insurance on contents 22,600.00
There have been 281 permits granted to set fires in the open air.
Permits granted to use dynamite 2
Permits granted to store gasoline 2
Permits granted for garages 12
Registrations granted for garages 11
Permits granted for selling fireworks 8
I would recommend that the Town purchase 1,000 ft. of new hose. I would recommend that a sum of money be appropriated for a motor-driven pumping engine and more permanent men. I would recommend that a sum of money be appropriated for repairs on the Franklin Street Engine House. I would recommend that the sum of $1200 be ap- propriated for general running expenses of the Fire De-
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partment. I would recommend that the sum of $600 be appropriated for extra pay of Firemen. I would recom- mend that the sum of $2,896.00 be appropriated for pay- ment of Engineers, Firemen, Stewards, and poll tax. Respectfully submitted,
F. A. TENNEY, Chief.
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REPORT OF POLICE DEPARTMENT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen.
Gentlemen :- I submit herewith the report of the Police Department for the year 1916:
Number of cases before the Court
130
Residents
71
Non-residents
59
Male
123
Female
7
Insane
4
Feeble-minded
1
Lost children
4
Causes of Arrests.
Arson
1
Assault and battery
10
Assault on Officer
1
Assault with dangerous weapon
3
Breaking and entering
1
Cruelty to animals
1
Carrying loaded revolver
1
Disturbing the peace
4
Drunkenness
54
Idle and disorderly
3
Larceny
8
Neglect of children
2
Neglect of families
2
Receiving stolen property
1
Threat to assault
5
Track walking
1
Tramps
2
Trespassing
3
Trespassing of fowl
1
Vagrant
1
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Violation auto laws
2
Violation health laws
3
Violation liquor laws
7
Violation milk laws
4
Violation plumbing laws
3
Violation probation laws
2
Violation Sunday work laws
1
Violation women's work laws
3
Warrants and summonses served for out-of-
town Officers 19
JEREMIAH F. GALLIVAN,
Chief of Police.
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SECOND ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS.
The Board of Park Commissioners herewith submit their report for the year ending December 31, 1916.
French's Common.
A beginning has been made in grading the dump in the rear of the grove, and it is the purpose of the Board to complete the grading in the spring, and to put that end of the Common into a proper and attractive condition for the use of the smaller children.
So far as our resources would permit, the grove and the field have been kept clean and the grass kept cut. Pro- vision has been made for additional plank seats to be placed in the grove this spring, and a six-swing iron unit has al- ready been installed there.
The old bleachers were found to be a menace to public safety, and were accordingly removed. It is to be hoped that the appropriation this year will be large enough to per- mit the building of new bleachers.
The surface of the ground is still rough, and consider- able work needs to be done in order that we may have a satisfactory field for baseball.
There is a substantial entrance gate to the field and this it is the intention of the Board to paint and otherwise make more attractive.
Hollis Field.
In furtherance of the plans laid out by Mr. Wetherbee for Hollis Field, some cinder walks have been laid out and 50 trees, donated by the Improvement Association, planted. A beginning has also been made in grading. A six-board teeter unit with iron frame has been installed, a part of the cost being met by the Hollis School Association.
Two strips of land, fifteen feet wide and extending across the easterly end of the field for a distance of 300
BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS. TOWN OF BRAINTREE. Treasurer's Report for Year Ending December 31, 1916.
RECEIPTS.
French Common
Hollis Field $102.79 100.00 31.73
E. B. Playground $206.92
Total
Town of Braintree, appropriations
$24.83
$165.46
$500.00
Donations ( Improvement Association )
100.00
Balance from 1915
.75
50.48
82.96
Grass sold
5.00
5.00
TOTALS
$24.83
$166.21
$234.52
$262.40
$687.96
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EXPENDITURES.
Improvements to Grounds.
Bay State Street Railway, cinders
$14.40
William May, grading, filling and planting
$82.65
50.50
Julius Heurlin, trees .
53.00
Robert Gibson, removing rocks
$150.00
TOTALS
$82.65
$117.90
$150.00
$350.55
Equipment
French Common
Hollis Field
E. B. Playground
Total
Narragansett Machine Co., swings and teeters N.Y., N.H., & H. R.R., freight on swings
$72.00
$68.00
$90.00
1.37
A. T. Stearns Co., lumber
2.31
TOTALS
$74.31
$69.37
$90.00
$233.68
Expenses.
George W. Prescott Publishing Co., advertising
$4.00
$4.00
$4.00
Pratt & Pratt, advertising
3.00
3.00
3.00
Pratt & Pratt, printing
2.25
2.25
2.25
E. L. Moody, repairs to swings
8.40
W. B. Skinner, repairs to drinking fountain
4.75
TOTALS
$9.25
$9.25
$22.40
$40.90
$166.21
$196.52
$262.40
$625.13
GRAND TOTALS CASH ON HAND (Bal. Imp. Ass'n Subscription)
$38.00
UNEXPENDED FROM APPROPRIATION
$24.83
$687.96
J. FREDERICK KEMP, Treasurer.
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feet, have been ploughed up, the intention of the Board being to cooperate with the School Board and other agencies in interesting the children of the Hollis School in gardening. The individual members of the Park Commission stand ready to offer substantial prizes for the best exhibits.
It is hoped that a wider use of the field will be made out of school hours, and plans are under way for having the play of the children during the summer months directed by a competent supervisor. The plans for this field call for an adequate sanitary equipment, and this is one of our most urgent needs.
We recommend that a suitable sign be placed at the en- trance to the field.
East Braintree.
Here we have to contend with many obstacles which prevented the use of the grounds for baseball and for al- most any other recreational purpose as well. A consider- able part of the rocks and boulders have been removed, but it will be necessary to plough and level the grounds be- fore they will be suitable for play. The stone walls need. immediate attention if they are to be preserved. A six- swing iron unit has been purchased and will be set up in the spring.
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES H. STEDMAN, J. FREDERICK KEMP, RAY S. HUBBARD, Board of Park Commissioners.
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REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH
Braintree, January 1, 1916.
To the Citizens of the Town of Braintree :
The Board of Health feels that the time has arrived when some definite action should be taken on the disposal of sewage.
With the numerous complaints we have had in the last few years from both business men, property owners, and citizens, we feel that this matter should not be delayed any longer.
We have a number of practically private sewers in town at the present time, which connect directly and indi- rectly to our surface drains throughout Braintree and South Braintree, which cause nuisances in most of our catch basins, and, unfortunately, some of these basins are located in front of stores, restaurants and private dwellings, and, we honestly believe, are a detriment to the general health of the town of Braintree.
Our Board would be very glad to co-operate with any committee the town may select and show to them the con- ditions as they exist.
Respectfully,
F. H. GILE, M.D., Chairman, W. B. SKINNER, Secretary, J. G. BAILEY.
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Contagious Diseases for 1916.
Tuberculosis
4 S 2 78 A NET Chicken-pox
H Diphtheria
German
Measles
1 Ophthalmia
Neonatorum
co Measles
Nº Mumps
co co Scarlet Fever
~ Pulmonary
Other Forms
Typhoid Fever
Whooping
Cough
Infantile
Paralysis
January February
10
March
3
1
14
2
12
36
April
2
5
6
10
31
May
1
2
1
2
22
30
June
1
1
1
15
18
July
1
1
1
2
5
10
August
1
1
1
2
5
September
1
1
4
6
October
1
1
2
1
November
1
1
1
1
4
December
2
1
3
TOTAL
24
4
5
6
10
4
31
6
5
5
65
9
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Braintree, January 1, 1917.
To the Board of Health :
Gentlemen :- I have the honor to submit the following report of the Inspection of Meats, Provisions and Slaughter- ing for the year 1916:
I have inspected 1136 animal carcasses, and out of that number have stamped for approval 1112, classified as fol- lows: neat cattle, 31; calves, 619; hogs, 461; sheep, 1; the number of animals slaughtered by individual farmers and stamped for home consumption being 13, and are included in the above.
I have condemned during the year as unfit for con- sumption as follows : neat cattle, 11; calves, 5; pigs, 8, the number of condemnations being eight times larger than the previous year. There have been licenses granted during the year, for slaughtering. The butchers begin to realize that the laws governing slaughtering are becoming more rigid year by year, and, therefore, seem to show more wil- lingness to comply thereto.
Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD O. PIERSON,
Inspector of Meats, Provisions and Slaughtering.
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Month January
& Cows
Calves
Hogs
Pigs
Sheep 0
Total
Condemned 3 Cows
Disease
Disposition Rendered
January
2 ac. Calving
Acute Indigestion
46
February
4
51
50
0
0
105
Hem. of Womb
66
March
March
10
98
60
0
0
168
1 Cow
66
6
2 Calves
Poor and Frozen Pneumonia
9
1 Cow
14
April
2
143
4
S
0
157
1 Cow
Tuberculosis Killed by Dogs
Buried
19
May
4
59
S
0
0
71
2
47
0
0
0
49
July
0
35
0
0
0
35
August
0
39
0
0
0
39
0
Tuberculosis
66
September 6
September
3
41
3
0
0
47
October
2
30
1
0
1
34
0
Underweight
November
November
4
24
72
0
0
100
1 Calf
15
December
3
21
128
0
0
152
2 Calves
Underweight
66
December 6-20
TOTALS
42
624
461
S
1
Sum Total Inspected
1136
Sum Total Condemned
24
Sum Total Collections
$223.75
Sum Total Stamped .
1112
December 31, .1916.
EDWARD O. PIERSON, Inspector.
175
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1 Cow
Pneu., Indigestion Pneu. and Tuber. Eating Paint
Rendered
May
4-8
1 Cow
1 Cow
June
0
S Pigs
11
19 21 26 February 27
Date
1 Tuberculosis
36
135
0
179
1 Cow
April
June 19
1 Cow
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PLUMBING.
Braintree, December 31, 1916.
To the Honorable Board of Health of the Town of Braintree.
Gentlemen :- We submit herewith our report as In- spector of Plumbing for year ending December 31, 1916.
There have been issued from this office 130 permits to install plumbing, together with 6 left unfinished for 1915; of this number 132 have passed inspection; there remain 4 unfinished on January 1. The number of fixtures installed in old and new buildings, such as bath tubs, lavatories, water closets, etc., were 447, the valuation of which was $22,680.00. The number of new dwellings built in which plumbing was installed was 52; old dwellings, 58; new gar- ages, 4; old garages, 3; new factories, 2; old factories, 2; repair shops, 2; offices, 2; stores, 2; barber shop, 1. It was necessary for the enforcement of the plumbing laws to carry two cases into court, both of which were found guilty.
We wish to thank the master plumbers for their sup- port given in carrying into effect the plumbing laws which have done so much to raise the standard of the sanitary condition of our buildings.
J. E. LUDDEN, Inspector, F. L. CHANDLER, Deputy.
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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
To the Citizens of the Town of Braintree :
The School Board herewith renders an account of the expenses of the School Department for the year 1916.
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES FOR THE YEAR 1916.
Salaries
Appropriations $43,200.00
Expenses $43,494.45
Janitors' Salaries
4,950.00
4,937.00
Repairs and Incidentals
1,000.00
1,730.74
Text Books and Supplies
3,000.00
3,218.63
Fuel
2,700.00
2,672.67
Transportation
1,500.00
1,982.50
Incidentals
800.00
1,197.91
Special Schools Appropriation
.
3,618.00
3,618.21
$60,768.00
$62,852.11
Credits
$992.70
Deficit $2,084.11
School Fund
350.00
Dog Tax
925.22
$2,267.92
2,267.92
Balance
$183.81
The Board gratefully acknowledges the ever increas- ing interest and co-operation of the Parents' Association, Friendly Aid, and the Philergians in the welfare of the schools, and the good will of the citizens shown by their fairness in financial support.
At the March meeting the Town referred the intro- duction of Domestic Science. in the High School to this Committee. The funds available for this purpose were in- sufficient, but aided by, the Philergians, a room was equipped, and a course arranged. The Committee un- reservedly recommends the continuance of this course.
Alterations in the Manual Training room in the Jonas Perkins School permit the use of this room as a kinder- garten. This insures a greater degree of safety to the small children. as in case of fire they could leave the building at
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grade level without hindrance from other children, and releases the old kindergarten room on the second floor for class-room purposes.
Three of our buildings, the Penniman, Pond and the Southwest Schools, have been made more cheerful by gen- eral repairs, cleaning and painting. A thermostat has been installed in the basement of the Penniman School; this is connected with an indicator in the master's room which automatically indicates the presence of fire in any part of the basement. The Board recommends the installation of thermostat indicators in all of the large school buildings.
At the suggestion of the District Inspector, a division of the upper hall at the Pond School was made, and an exit door cut between the rooms on the second floor.
The addition to the playground at the Jonas Perkins School, has been much appreciated by the pupils, but it is during the wet season that the wisdom of the purchase is most apparent.
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